Reviews by vitesse:

this is definitely a good example of a pale euro-style lager. pours a bright gold color. good clarity. nice head retention for a light lager.
smells of mild hops and slight toasty malt.
plenty of carbonation in this one, which is good i think.
tastes of noble hops. very little hop bitterness. i bought a closed case of this beer, so there was no lighstruck "skunkiness" in the flavor profile. slight toastiness is very pleasant. very slightly astringent, but no metallicy off-flavors that hurt some other lagers. very clean and drinkable.
definitely one of the better euro-lagers out there....the case i bought tasted very fresh.

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2.86/5 rDev -1%look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Gold like some straw Rummpelstilskin was weaving. Surprisingly sticky white head. Ok lacing. Small carbonation. Steady light streams. Smells like light malts with a touch of floral hops, and a pinch of skunk perfume. Sugary sweet with very little flavor. Light bodied with a slight carbnonation/hop bite in the finish. Moderately drinkable.

Newly imported this beer stands as the cleanest tasting Italian lager I have yet to try. Appears crystal clear straw colored gold with a highly carbonated white head with nice full patches of lacing down my glass. Aroma is a grainy grassy sweetness with a decent amount of bitter hops in the scent. Taste is very clean crisp and refreshing a balanced bitter sweet grainy finish, this beer is a nice easy drinker not complex in any way but I could see how this would be a big seller in the Mediterranean climate. Mouthfeel is light body with mediocre carbonation, nothing extraordinary here. Drinkability is good in the sense of quantity and refreshing, just not the most appetizing quaffing beer, a no brainer don't think about it just enjoy beer.

I wasn't expecting much from this one as the only other Italian beer I've tried is Peroni, and I thought that it was pretty nasty. I was pleasantly suprized however by this light bodied brew.

I had this with a home-made pizza that my girlfriend and I made together in the tiny kitchen of my hole-in-the-wall apartment. I normally wouldn't really be drawn to a beer like this, but I got it in a variety ten pack mixer from World Market and I figured what the hell. Pizza is pseudo-Italian, this beer is authentically Italian. Makes sense.

This one is light on the scent side, and visually unappealing, but pretty tasty nonetheless. There were more malt flavors than I would have expected. It's pretty sweet, clean, carbonated, refreshing, and basic. Goes well with food, but probably too bland to drink just by itself. Has a "transparent" quality that doesn't add or detract from the meal; it's just...there.

Nothing special, but I would have it again if I saw it at an Italian restaurant. Could be quite sessionable, but I would choose a more interesting beer for that purpose. Also a very good beer to share with non-BA's as it is very unintimidating and shares lots of qualities with American macros, but is of a much higher quality.

Hmm. A thin, pallid appearance and major skunky odor are immediately apparent with this Italian lager. Not a good place to start. Taste is weak, watery, and, well, bland. There's little to grasp taste-wise. I know there are some good craft brews from Italy, but I've yet to encounter one, unfortunately! Awful stuff here.

Opaque copper hue, with a bubbly white carbonated head. Musty and stinky floral Euro-ish hops, smells like 99% of all Euro lagers, plain and boring. Off the cuff is the noble hopswelcome, they are nicely introduced; what a pleasant surprise! The hops give way to some earthy graininess. Medium bodied, with a very clean palate. Some lemon peel and peppery notes towards the finish. Nothing fancy here, pretty easy to quaff a few of these!

Castello has a medium, white head and a clear yellow-straw appearance. Carbonation is moderate. A strong bready smell is the chief aroma (also a skunkiness, which quickly dissipates, thankfully) and the major characteristic of this beer. Taste is likewise very bread oriented with only a kiss of hops. Mouth-feel is light, and Castello finishes refreshing. I really liked this and found it different.

Imported into the UK as 'Castello Premium' with Birra Friulana also on the front label.

Green 33cl bottle, poured into a Veltins Pilsner stemmed glass. Looks like a typical mass produced lager, golden, clear and with a pure white head on top.

Grass, hay and nothing beery in the aroma.

This is my first review this evening, I'm getting rid of a few oddments, I hope the others improve on this. A tasteless, featureless, nothingness of a beer.

Why do they export such dross to cold countries like the UK? If I was sweating my nuts off on an Italian beach surrounded by half naked females then I'd have enjoyed this. Trouble is, it's minus 7 outside and the wife is out.

This is one cheap lager and there is nothing 'premium' about it what so ever.

12 oz bottle with a best by date of 11.20.11. Pours a very clear yellow hue with a white head that is a bit more dense than your typical euro lager/adjunct lager.

Nose is grainy and grassy with a honey-like sweetness. Pretty standard fare for the style.

Taste follows suit closely with the most unique part of this beer being the honey-butter sweetness and creamier mouthfeel than most. It has a pretty fresh flavor and is low on the carbonation for a lager. Hops are light, but some faint grassiness is detectable. Meh, another Italian lager...Id probably order this before a Peroni but after a Moretti.

Pale straw colored with a thin filmy head of white bubbles. Untoasted grain, hay and herbal hop notes in the aroma. Mildly sweet and bready with faint earthy hops to balance. Light bodied and effervescent. Meh, another Euro Lager that probably doesn't need to be imported as it tastes about the same as all the others.

Tasted from 12oz bottle. Pours pale yellow with a very thin lace head. Nose of light malt and some sweetness. There are some light hops and malt, but nothing jumps out on the palate. Body is full for a "lighter" lager, with average carbonation and no finish to speak of.

I really didn't have much hope for this beer - I mean, who woulda thought you would find a decent beer from Italy? But I was wrong, this brew was pretty good.

Out of the bottle the beer pours a beautifully clear, golden color. It shows up with no head whatsoever or even the smallest bits of lacing. This leads to making it difficult to test for smell, but it's there, and what is there is surprising. The smell has a distant sweetness to it that mixed good with the hops. Its mouthfeel was average - nothing really to mention, but the taste was definitely what was surprising. I had to have a second one to convince myself that it was pretty good.

Overall, its an average lager - but on its own it's a relatively good beer.

Appearance - The beer pours a clear golden yellow colour with a small fizzy white head. There really isn't much carbonation showing. There is some faint lacing on the sides of the glass and the head stuck around for only a few minutes before it was gone.

Smell - pilsner skunk, breads/grains, a grassiness

Taste & Mouth - The beer actually has a fair amount of carbonation, which is strange considering its appearance. It has the typical euro-beer flavour, slight skunkiness, breads/grains, and a grassiness. The beer finishes with a sweet corn syrup sweetness and slightly bitter hop aftertaste.

Drink - Just another average euro-beer. Not something I'd turn away if offered, but not something I'd seek out again.

Another one bought at Walmart, Mexico, and one of the few sold not in a six pack.Pours a golden yellow colour with one finger head, quickly gone.Aroma is of malts, some grass.Taste is nothing extraordinary, but honest.Average thickness on the body and average carbonation.I hadn't noticed that it was Italian when I got it and I hadn't had my hopes high when I did, but after all it wasn't that bad,just an average Euro Lager.